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Matthew Tubbs, maintenance manager at the Eugenia Atkinson Recreation Center on Otis Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, learns more about being vaccinated against COVID-19 from Erin Bishop, Youngstown health commissioner, center, and Noelle Kosela, a health department contact tracer.
The number of Ohioans getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased in the past few days, but only 22.5 percent of the overall vaccines provided to the state have been used, health officials reported.
As of Thursday, 119,401 people had the first dose, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That’s 1.02 percent of the state’s population.
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Anthea Mickens, director of nursing for the Youngstown City Health District, gives Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday at the main fire station, along with other members of his department and personnel from the AMR ambulance compan
YOUNGSTOWN About 40 people some from the Youngstown Fire Department and some from AMR ambulance company were vaccinated Wednesday against COVID-19 by the Youngstown City Health District.
The health district received 900 doses of the Moderna vaccine, health Commissioner Erin Bishop said. Those vaccinated at the main Youngstown fire station were the first to get the vaccines from the city health district.
Youngstown firefighters and EMS employees receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Health Commissioner Erin Bishop said it is possible that the general public could start receiving the vaccine as early as next month.
Dec 30, 2020 2:05 PM By: Ellen Wagner
YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown Fire Department Chief Barry Finley was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the Youngstown City Health District today.
Last week, the health department received 800 doses of the Moderna vaccine, which YFD firefighters and American Medical Response EMS employees began receiving today. On Thursday, residents and staff of congregate living facilities will begin receiving the vaccine.
Finley received the vaccine from Anthea Mickens, director of nursing at Youngstown City Health District. Regional Director of AMR EMS Edward Powers was the second person to receive the vaccine from Mickens.